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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010By Brandon Leonard
Men’s Health issues are featured in an article by Teddi Dineley Johnson in the current issue of The Nation’s Health, a print and online publication of the American Public Health Association. You can access the article here: http://TheNationsHealth.AphaPublications.org/content/40/1/28.full. This piece, which quotes both MHN Vice President Scott Williams and Advisory Board member Dr. [...]
Find Us @ American Public Health Association (APHA) Conference!
Monday, November 2nd, 2009The American Pubic Health Association’s Annual Meeting is next week (Nov. 7-11). The conference will be in Philadelphia, PA where you can find the MHN staff members hosting informative oral presentations and poster sessions. Of course, the TAMH Blog writers and the awesome MHN staff will be at the Men’s Health Network’s booth (#1415) in [...]
A Pavlovian Experiment
Thursday, October 29th, 2009By Ramon P. Llamas, MPH
Since June I have participated in several health fairs and I consistently notice a clear trend: Men by-passing our tables like one would do with a slow car on the highway. Men would most likely ignore our table and all the valuable information we have to offer like the plague if [...]
The Real Reason You Need a Vacation From Your Vacation is Because You Never Actually Took One
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009By Luke Manley
Imagine an extremely prevalent addiction that can almost guarantee a slew of health problems such as heart attacks, ulcers, strokes, insomnia, anxiety attacks, and depression. Then envision that it can in many cases lead to early death, suicide, and/or secondary addiction to drugs, alcohol, and prescription medication. Sounds awful, right? What if [...]
The questions we don’t ask by Ramon P. Llamas, MPH
Monday, September 28th, 2009The Questions We Don’t Ask
by Ramon P. Llamas, MPH
Socioeconomic status, discrimination, housing, physical environment, food security, child development, culture, social support, health care services, transportation, working conditions, age, gender and race. What do they have in common? The factors listed above are believed to contribute, in one way or [...]
Prostate Cancer Awareness
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009by Brandon Leonard
This past weekend, the Prostate Cancer Research Institute held its annual conference in Los Angeles, hosting over a dozen experts on prostate health and 600 participants. According to PCRI volunteers, the purpose of the conference is to provide an avenue for those with prostate cancer and their loved ones to get more information [...]
It takes effort… by Ramon Llamas
Monday, August 17th, 2009by Ramon Llamas
The summer of 2009 is almost over and looking back at the past two-and-a-half months, I realize that it’s been an extremely busy one. Health reform debates and symposia at various think tanks; briefings with health policy experts on the Hill; and editorials on the public option and “death panels” scatter websites and [...]
All about the numbers by Ramon Llamas
Monday, July 27th, 2009All about the numbers
By Ramon Llamas
For a majority of men, it is all about the numbers especially sports fans. They can recite statistics of their favorite teams and players without hesitation: Lebron James, the 2009 NBA regular season MVP averaged 28 points, 7 assists and 7 rebounds last year; the Los [...]
When is the right time to focus on your health?
Monday, July 6th, 2009I hope you’ve enjoyed this Independence Day. The 4th of July is a time to enjoy the big Fs: food, friends, family, fireworks – at least that’s the way it’s always been for me. This year I’ve been thinking about the personal significance of this holiday, and the recent month that just passed including Father’s [...]
Monday Fresh Start: Where Can You Find Useful Nutrition Information? By Jennifer Jackson, MPH
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009Monday Fresh Start
Where Can You Find Useful Nutrition Information?
By Jennifer Jackson, MPH
I always think that Mondays are the perfect day to start or learn something new. We’ve hit the reset button while out of the office over the weekend and Monday presents a chance to start fresh. Not only that, but researchers suggest that [...]